Plane.



No. 746,285. .PATENTBD DEC. 8, 1903. i

J. W. CARLETON & G. E. TRASK.

PLANE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.1. 1903.

N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETSSHBET 1.

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No. 746,285. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1903.

J. W. GARLETON & G. B. TRASK.

PLANE.

APPLIOATION FILED we. 1. 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

H0 MODEL.

Patented December s, 1903.

U ITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. CARLETON AND GEORGE E. TRASK, OF NEWV BRITAIN, CONNECTI- CUT,ASSIGNORS TO THE UNION MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN,CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 746,285, dated.December 1903- Applioation filed August 1, 1903. jSe rial No. 167,897.(No model.)

2'0 ct ZZ whom it 1nayc0ncerm Be it known that we, J OHN W. CARLETON andGEORGE E. TRASK, citizens of the United States, residing at New Britain,in the county 5 of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Planes, of which the followingisa specification.

7 Our invention relates to improvements in planes; and the objects ofour improvement are simplicity and economy in construction andconvenience and efficiency in operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is side elevation of our plane.Fig. 2 is a cenr tral longitudinal section of the same, partly inelevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same with the holding-cap,cap-iron, and cutting-bit removed. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of themiddle portion of the iron frame of the stock. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of our plane when made with an iron stock Without the woodenbody. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the same on the line a: m of Fig. 5when viewed in the direction ofthe dart in the said 2 Fig. 5, the cutterbeing removed. Fig. 7 is a sectional side elevation of the middleportion of the stock and the adjusting-levers. Figs. 8 and 9 are planand reverse plan views, respectively, of the cutting-bit with attached ocap-iron and adjusting-nut,the same being The frame B has an end plate 6at its forward end provided with a hole for receiving the holding-screw7 and also with a seat for the knob 8, the said seat being centrallyperforated to receive the screw 9, that serves the double function ofsecuring the said knob in place and of assisting to secure the saidframe.

to the wooden body of the stock. At the rear end of the plate 6 there isa cross-rib 10, and extending rearwardly from the ends of the saidcross-rib at opposite sides of the stock are the two side pieces 11 ofthe iron An ordinary handle 22 is secured to the han- 6o dle-seat 14 bythe rod 17, which is screwthreaded at its ends, one end being screwedinto the threaded boss 18 on said handle-seat,

while the other end is provided with the holding-nut 1 9.

The rear plate 15 extends forwardly to the side wings 20 of the frog,into which the said plate merges. An opening 21 is left in the rearplate between the said side wings 20 and rearwardly thereof. to near thehandle 22. 7o

The side wings 20 of the frog are connected together near their upperends by a bridge 23. The inclined front faces of the two side wings ofthe frog and, the adjacent part of the rear plate form a seat for thecutting-bit in continuation of the inclined rear wall 24 of the throatof the stock. The side wings 20 of the frog are formed with a lug 25,Fig. 4, that extends below the base of the frame side pieces 11, andbetween these lugs we pivot a hub 26, having a short lever-arm 27 forengaging a slot in some device connected with the cutting-bit 28 or itscap-iron 29. The said hub is also provided with a longer lever-arm 33,that extends rearwardly from the hub for use as a handle in operatingthe said short lever-arm and cutting-bit for its endwise adjustment.Such levers of themselves, broadly speaking, are not of our in--vent'ion. lever engages a slot 36, Fig. 9, in the head of the screw 30,Fig. 2, which is held in the ordinary longitudinal slot of thecutting-bit 28by means of thenut 31, the head of the said screw beingshouldered by slabbing off on each side, as at 32, Fig. 2, so that theslabbed-off portion of the screw-head may enter the slot in the bit., Onthe upper face of the bridge 23 We pivot an ordinarylaterally-adjustinglever 34. We secure the cut- Asshown, the short arm 27 of the 0 ting-bitin place by means of a holding-cap O, the lower endof which is insertedunder the confronting holding-lugs 12, after which the parts aretightened by turning in the holding-screw35 at the upper end of the holdlug-cap O.

The stock B, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, is wholly of iron and quiteclosely resembles the iron frame B, before described, only it is notadapted to have a wooden body secured thereto, and consequently its sidepieces 11 are extended parallel to each other for nearly the wholelength of the stock. These side pieces have on their inner faces theholding-lugs 12, before described. The side wings 20 of the frog aresubstantially the same as before described, only they are proportionallylonger as the height of the inclined rear wall 24 of the throat 13 inthe iron stock is less than in the wooden body of the stock firstdescribed. Like the side wings first. described, a bridge 23 is providedto connect their upper ends. While there is an open space between theside wings 20 for pivoting the hub 26 of the lever 27 33, the pivot ofthe said lever comes higher up on the wings, and the lugs, which in thefirstdescribed construction project downwardly below the base of thewings, are omitted. The pivot-pin 37 for the hub 26 may for convenienceof heading it pass through the side pieces 11 as well as the wings 20.The cutting-bit and connected parts and both of the adjusting-levers arethe same as first described and have the samereference-nu merals.

We claim as our iuvention-- 1. In a plane, the frame of the stock havingthe side pieces 11, a frog between the said side pieces having the sidewings with open space between, and the bridge 23 connecting the uppercorners of the said side wings, which bridge forms a support for thelaterally-adjusting lever.

2. In a plane, the stock having the side pieces,a frog between the saidsidepieces having the side wings with open space between, a bridgeconnecting the upper ends of the said side wings and forming a supportfor a laterally-adjusting lever, and an adjusting-lever consisting of ahub, short arm and longer operating-arm, the same being pivoted in theopen space between the lower part of the said side wings and in front ofthe said bridge, with the body of said ope ating-arm working between thesaid wings while its handle end extends n nder the said bridge beyondthe said wings at the rear thereof.

3. The herein-described plane, comprising the wooden body and iron frameof the stock, the said frame having the front and rear plates,connecting side pieces, and the frog between the said side pieces havingthe side wings with open space between and bridge at their upper cornersforming a support for the laterally-adjusting lever.

4. The herein-described plane, comprising the Wooden body and iron frameof the stock, the said frame having the front and rear plates with knoband handle seats, side pieces connecting the said plates and the frogbetween the said side pieces, the said frog having the side wings withopen space between, the inclined front faces of the said side wings andthe adjacent part of the said rear plate forming a direct seat for thecuttingbit, while the lower parts of the said side wings form a supportfor the longitudinally-at'lj11sting lever.

5. The herein-described plane, comprising a wooden body and frame of thestock, the said frame having front and rear plates, connecting sidepieces with the confronting holding-lugs on their inner faces, a frogbetween the said side pieces having the side wings with open spacebetween, a bridge at the upper corners of the said wings forming asupport for a laterally-adjusting lever, and lugs at the lower cornersof the said wings for the longitudinally-adjusting lever.

6. In a plane, the stock having side pieces, a frog between the saidside pieces composed mainly ofa pair of inclined side wings with openspace between, and aconnecting-bridge 23, at the upper ends of the saidside wings that spans the said open space between them, the said sidepieces forming a support for the longitudinallyadjusting lever and thesaid bridge forming a support for the laterally-adjusting lever,substantially as described.

7. In a plane, the stock having side pieces, a frog between the sidepieces having the side wings with open space between, alongitudinally-adjusting lover with its long and short arms pivoted.between the said side wings with the upper end of the said long armprojecting rearwardly from the space between the said side wings, abridge connecting the upper ends of the said side wings, and a lat.-erally-adjusting lever pivoted on the said bridge.

JOHN \V. CARL I"ON. GEORGE E. TRASK. Witnesses:

JAMES SHEPARD, SHEFFIELD H. CLARKE.

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